Paul Daley
is a Canberra-based writer and an award-winning political journalist
Paul Daley is a columnist.
From the Archives, 1999: Australian troops sent to East Timor
In 1999, as part of a UN multinational peacekeeping force, Australian troops land in Dili in the biggest Australian military operation in decades.
- by Lindsay Murdoch and Paul Daley
Abbott in The Lodge by next Christmas?
The Opposition Leader came closer this year to becoming prime minister than he, or anyone else, ever dreamed. Now he must stop running from his policy difficulties.
- by Paul Daley
Payback for the bad apples of Parliament
Politicians complain they are overworked and underpaid – it's time Australia's public servants fulfilled credentials.
- by Paul Daley
As long as we always remember them ...
Two days of remembrance play different roles in the country's recognition of Australians who have fought for - and the many who have died for - their country.
- by Paul Daley
Labor searches for the meaning of strife
The ALP managed to retain office but it is behaving more like an opposition by reassessing what the party stands for in the wake of a disastrous election result.
- by Paul Daley
No time for bickering as new chapter begins
Petty squabbling within the Liberal Party is undermining its ability to attack a vulnerable government that must deliver on its reform agenda.
- by Paul Daley
Call for daring reform can carry a price
Electoral cynicism has crippled Julia Gillard's major reform plans for the economy. What's worse, the nation – having elected a hung parliament – has shown its apathy and tuned out.
- by Paul Daley
Stop this tit-for-tat and show some courage
The latest bout of political point-scoring by the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader has shown them to be sadly wanting when it comes to the bigger picture in Afghanistan.
- by Paul Daley
It's a war of nerves as Labor gets the jitters
While the US maintains pressure on Australia to put more Diggers on the ground in Afghanistan, it can no longer count on our bipartisan support for the operation.
- by Paul Daley
Society's greatest taboo demands real debate
Honest discussion – informed by heartbreaking personal experience – is needed when controversy brings voluntary euthanasia back on to the political agenda.
- by Paul Daley